*YCLSA calls for Consumer Boycott of Pick and Pay Products in Solidarity
with SACCAWU workers*
*14 OCTOBER 2010*
The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) calls on all its
members, and all members of COSATU Affilliates, ANC and its leagues (ANC
YL, ANC WL and ANC VL) and the SACP to support the striking workers of
Pick 'n Pay by engaging in a consumer boycott for the duration of the
strike. We implore on all South Africans to join in on this consumer
boycott as the profits they generate for Pick 'n Pay never trickles down
to the working class and the poor.
The workers at Pick 'n Pay demand a living wage and better working
conditions, which are a mere pittance compared to what the senior
management, shareholders and the CEO of the company are earning in
bonuses and dividends. This also happens when Pick 'n Pay has just
recently declared huge profits from the same sweat and toil of the workers.
What’s more disturbing is Pick 'n Pay's attempts to refuse workers basic
facilities such as toilets, a basic right accorded to workers on the
picket line. It is this kind of attitude that will lead to workers
resorting to violence in order to exercise their rights. More worrying
is the fact that Pick 'n Pay want to buy workers with a bash worth R4
million, whilst they refuse to engage into a tangible living wage agreement.
We fully support the strike and plead members to heed the call. The
Retail industry continues to be the leaders in exploitation and
marginalisation of workers; it mainly consists of young workers. Hence
we have made the call for banning of labour brokers as this sector has
become their playing field to the detriment of workers.
*Issued by the YCLSA Head office*
*Contact *
*Gugu Ndima*
*National Spokesperson*
*0767831516*
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